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BHM100*: Celebrating U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Famer and Pioneer Mabel Fairbanks – Good Black News
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, GBN Founder and Editor-in-Chief Growing up in 1920s New York, Mabel Fairbanks dreamed of becoming a champion figure skater, but was...
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Mabel Fairbanks Skatingly Yours Fund – U.S. Figure Skating
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oct/08/guardianobituaries
Mabel Fairbanks | | The Guardian
Oct 7, 2001 - Figure skater kept out of the Olympics by racism.
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https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-08-21/racism-mabel-fairbanks-figure-skater-telling-her-story
Black figure skater Mabel Fairbanks' story should be told - Los Angeles Times
Sep 30, 2020 - Racism deprived Mabel Fairbanks the chance to become a figure skating champion in the 1930s. As a coach, she made sure her Black students got those...
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https://www.nbcwashington.com/video/discover-black-heritage/mabel-fairbanks-changing-the-face-of-figure-skating/2582568/
Mabel Fairbanks: Changing the Face of Figure Skating – NBC4 Washington
Feb 22, 2021 - News4’s Molette Green reports on Mabel Fairbanks, a figure skating coach who made sure students of color got the chance she was denied. Championship figure...
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